Improvement in paper pouches



J. H. WEAVER.

Paper-Pouch.

No. 220,510. Patented Oct. 14,1879.

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JAMES H. WEAVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER POUCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,510, dated October14, 1879; application filed January 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. WEAVER, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Paper Pouches, of which thefollowing, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pouch embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a side view of the same, a part thereof being brokenaway to show the flexible metallic part; Fig. 3, a section in the planeof the line as m, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a like representation, showing amodification of construction; and Fig. 5', a plan view of the unfoldedblank.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a small paper packet or pouch, made in any suitable way,and open at one end. B is a flexible metallic piece attached to one sideof the pouch and arranged near the mouth or open end thereof.

I intend this pouch for use in the following manner: When the pouch isfilled, for example, withchewingtobacco, I fold the mouth or open end ofthe pouch upon itself uutilthe upper end of the piece B is thus foldedin, as represented at a, Fig. 1. By this means the mouth is kept. closedsecurely, but may be easily opened by unfolding or unrolling the partsfolded or rolled together in closing it, it being understood that thepart B is long enough to admit of this result.

As the tobacco is used and diminished in quantity, the open end or mouthof the pouch may be folded inlike manner upon that which remains, sothat the tobacco, when only a small amount remains, will'be as closelyor as tightly inclosed as when the pouch was first filled, thus keepingthe tobacco from being shaken about in the pouch and from being crumbledor broken n1.

I deem it preferable to make the part B T- shaped, as shown, and toarrange the lateral arms of the T near the mouth, thus leaving acomparatively slender tongue, a, to extend toward the bottom or lowerend of the pouch. I also deem it best to connect the part B to the pouchby making the blank for the latter about three times the width of thecompleted pouch, and by arranging the part B between the lateral wingsof the blank, which are folded upon each otherin making the pouch, itbeing understood that these Wings are gummed together, all of which isclearly indicated in Fig. 3.

The part B, however, may be held in place by means of a separate pieceof paper pasted over it, as represented in Fig. 4. Also, by making theupper end of the part B as bread or nearly as broad as the mouth of thepouch, the latter will be securely closed, while economy and lightnessresult by making the remaining or lower part of the metallic part Bnarrow or slender.

I' he pouch may also be made of muslin or other suitable material.-

I have elsewhere shown and described an envelope or packet containing aflexible metallic stiffening-strip in a tongue or flap, and alsofastening-strips containing such a stiffening in one end, and also apackage consisting of a layer of metal and a layer of paper, both of ornearly of the same size, and folded together, and I do not thereforehere intend to claim such; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A pouch provided on its body with the flexible metallic T-shaped pieceB, arranged substantially as described with reference to the mouth ofthe pouch, for the purposes specified.

JAMES H. WEAVER.

Witnesses:

- D. F. FLANNERY, BYRON WrLLIs.

